Population changes in St Kilda during the 19th and 20th centuries

Journal of Biosocial Science 9 (3):293-307 (1977)
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During the century before its final evacuation in 1930 the population of St Kilda declined from over 100 to 36. While undoubtedly emigration and natural disasters played a part in this depopulation, ongoing processes were also important. In particular, replacement levels were never sufficient to maintain a constant population size. In the early part of this period the main factor responsible was heavy neonatal mortality, almost all from tetanus (), but latterly the fertility of those who survived was low, even though mortality rates had declined. In part at least, this decline in fertility could be ascribed to a lower frequency of marriage—a phenomenon seen elsewhere in the Outer Hebrides during the latter part of the 19th century

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Aspects of neonatal death in St Kilda, 1830–1930.E. J. Clegg & J. F. Cross - 1994 - Journal of Biosocial Science 26 (1):97-106.

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